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Chuck Swirsky brings more than 39 years of broadcasting experience to the Chicago Bulls as he begins his eighth season as play-by-play announcer for all Bulls games broadcast on the Bulls Radio Network. In addition to his play-by-play duties, Chuck is the pre and post-game reporter for BullsTV for all home games and contributes regularly to Bulls.com. Chuck can also be found on Twitter communicating with Bulls fans, including in-game “Tweets”.

Swirsky joined the Bulls from the Toronto Raptors where he served as the team’s television play-by-play announcer for seven seasons. Prior to that, he called the action for the Raptors radio broadcasts for three seasons.

Chuck is no stranger to the Midwest, starting in Chicago sports on WCFL AM 1000 in 1979, and his experience over the years has included stints calling games for the University of Michigan and DePaul University. He also served as sports director for WJR-AM in Detroit where he anchored the pre-game and post-game shows for the Detroit Red Wings and the University of Michigan football team.

Swirsky rose to prominence while serving as the sports director for WGN-AM in Chicago from 1982-94. He was host of the Chicago Bears Radio Network for 10 years and held similar responsibilities for Chicago Cubs Radio Network for 12 seasons. While at WGN Radio, Swirsky also called the action for the Chicago Sting of the NASL and extended into television as the play-by-play announcer for Northwestern football for three seasons. Swirsky was also the Bulls public address announcer from 1980-83.

On Sept. 30, 1994, the Governor of Illinois proclaimed “Chuck Swirsky Day” for the state of Illinois. Swirsky’s experience also took him to New York City where he did morning-drive sports for WABC Radio and appeared Sundays on ESPN Radio talking about the NBA. In 1996, he was awarded “Best Play-by-Play Announcer” by the AP and received the Best Sportscast Award for the state of Michigan for three consecutive years from 1995-97. Swirsky spent two weeks during the summer of 2015 filling in for Chicago White Sox TV Play-by-Play announcer, Ken “Hawk” Harrelson calling 13 White Sox games.